As more and more peoples are accessing web on mobile devices these days, importance of mobile-web
browsers cannot be overstated. Unfortunately, native mobile web
browsers (which come bundled with the OS) have always disappointed users
– remember the disastrous Symbian browser and early Android stock
browser. The main reason of this pathetic performance is perhaps that
they are not being updated regularly and are even neglected in the
development of firmware (OS) updates.
This lacuna inspired developers to create some wonderful third-party browsers. Be it the ease of use or compliance to latest web standards, most third party mobile browsers wins the battle at every front against their native siblings. There are plenty of wonderful and free mobile web browsers available which make excellent alternative to native Android browser. Here I have prepared a list of some popular (and some unknown) browser apps to give you a great web experience on your Android device –
1. Opera Mini and Opera Mobile :
The most popular and feature-rich browser-duo for Android (and all other mobile and desktop platforms). Opera Mini is a proxy server based browser which reduces data transfers by compressing web pages at server before rendering at mobile. While Opera Mobile is a full-fledged desktop like browser (based on Opera’s Presto engine) that supports all the capabilities of device OS to render web pages (pinch-to-zoom, graphics and hardware acceleration etc). Opera Mini is considered as the fastest browser out there and both of these have an impressive feature-set. Download free from m.opera.com
2. Dolphin HD and Mini :
Much like Opera siblings, “The Dolphins” have also evolved into top-class Android browsers overtime. Dolphin HD is currently very popular among Android users (perhaps second only to Opera Mini/Mobile). Some innovative features of Dolphin browser include – gesture support, tabbed browsing with visible tabs, add-on (plug-in) support and lots of plug-ins are available which enhance the functionality of browser. Except add-on support, Dolphin Mini is as good as HD, even better as it uses less resources and much less data transfer.
3. Chrome :
Chrome needs no introduction, it’s currently one of the most popular, free desktop and Android web browser. Being a Google product, Chrome has become a part of many Android phone firmwares. You can get Chrome for Android from Google Play.
4. Firefox Mobile (Fennec) :
Fennec is the mobile version of Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser. It is a full-fledged, powerful browser resembling its desktop sibling in every department – awesome bar, add-on support, skin support and of course the app-size (over 10 MB – huge installation as per mobile standards). Fennec is also a very resource intensive browser thus requires high-end hardware phones to run smoothly.
9. UC Browser
UC Browser is another popular Chinese browser having almost the same feature set as Maxthon Mobile. It uses proxy server to compress and render web pages for mobile viewing. UC Browser has also a powerful download manager with pause/resume function and supports multiple downloads at a time. Besides download speeds are damn fast with UC Browser. Download from ucweb.com or from Google Play
This lacuna inspired developers to create some wonderful third-party browsers. Be it the ease of use or compliance to latest web standards, most third party mobile browsers wins the battle at every front against their native siblings. There are plenty of wonderful and free mobile web browsers available which make excellent alternative to native Android browser. Here I have prepared a list of some popular (and some unknown) browser apps to give you a great web experience on your Android device –
1. Opera Mini and Opera Mobile :
The most popular and feature-rich browser-duo for Android (and all other mobile and desktop platforms). Opera Mini is a proxy server based browser which reduces data transfers by compressing web pages at server before rendering at mobile. While Opera Mobile is a full-fledged desktop like browser (based on Opera’s Presto engine) that supports all the capabilities of device OS to render web pages (pinch-to-zoom, graphics and hardware acceleration etc). Opera Mini is considered as the fastest browser out there and both of these have an impressive feature-set. Download free from m.opera.com
2. Dolphin HD and Mini :
Much like Opera siblings, “The Dolphins” have also evolved into top-class Android browsers overtime. Dolphin HD is currently very popular among Android users (perhaps second only to Opera Mini/Mobile). Some innovative features of Dolphin browser include – gesture support, tabbed browsing with visible tabs, add-on (plug-in) support and lots of plug-ins are available which enhance the functionality of browser. Except add-on support, Dolphin Mini is as good as HD, even better as it uses less resources and much less data transfer.
3. Chrome :
Chrome needs no introduction, it’s currently one of the most popular, free desktop and Android web browser. Being a Google product, Chrome has become a part of many Android phone firmwares. You can get Chrome for Android from Google Play.
4. Firefox Mobile (Fennec) :
Fennec is the mobile version of Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser. It is a full-fledged, powerful browser resembling its desktop sibling in every department – awesome bar, add-on support, skin support and of course the app-size (over 10 MB – huge installation as per mobile standards). Fennec is also a very resource intensive browser thus requires high-end hardware phones to run smoothly.
9. UC Browser
UC Browser is another popular Chinese browser having almost the same feature set as Maxthon Mobile. It uses proxy server to compress and render web pages for mobile viewing. UC Browser has also a powerful download manager with pause/resume function and supports multiple downloads at a time. Besides download speeds are damn fast with UC Browser. Download from ucweb.com or from Google Play
Indian Browser is 1st Made in India browser developed by patriot Indian Company in supporting Make in India movement. So please support Indian Browser at maximum level. Indian Browser is a 1st full fledge browser in its kind.
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